NOTEBOOK: You read correctly, Moises Alou is not in the line-up. His left calf is sore again and he’s off to get a MRI. Day-by-day. The DL didn’t come up yet, but it will shortly. Willie Randolph is talking about shutting him down for a few days. You know what that means. … Randolph said there’s nothing wrong with reliever Duaner Sanchez physically, but his fastball is down.

John Delcos enters his third season covering the Mets for The Journal News after eight seasons on the Yankees beat. Prior to coming to New York, John covered the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Indians.